The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-20
the GENERAL AssEMsLv.

Coruuuue, jan. iO.--0nNAxA-A resolutseo
vns ofercd end tabled disohasg1ng TIE Demo
cratic clerks and sergesntstasms. bflls intro
dueed: Allowing counties 70 unite u erecung
o. N. q. amories; authofixing Cincinnati 70
erect Q City Building d cost not 70 exceed NJ
100000; enabling adjacent psoperty-ownen 70
unite in erecting elevstors.
HOUSE. - Bills introduced: Regulating 3D.
mission Of persons 10 penitentiary executions,
and providing penalty for carrying letters TO
and from prisoners; providing for publication Of
agricultu, al, game and nsh laws in the State
Agricultural Report; 70 prevent persons nom
uaurping once; regulating the manner OF
guarding snd taking prisoners 70 the peniten-
tiary; providing for the sale Of eix-mile keser-
voir and the Wabash Canal, in Paulding Coun-
ty; repeating the section allowing shertns IN
criminal cases. number Of petitions for local
option were presented.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 11.-SENATE-Bflls intro
duced: Preventing frauaulent entry on herd
hooks; amending the Pickaway County Jail act.
Resolutions Of respect 10 Senator Schneider
were adopted. The old clerks and sergeants-at-
arms were discharged and other ofhcials elected.
HoUsE.-Bill passed: Requiring the adrnis-
sion Of inmates Of chlldren's homes to the pub
lie schools. Bill lost: TO prevent the collec-
tion Of notes obtained by fraud. Resolutions
adopted: Asking Congress TO pass law now
pending to adjust claims of the States against
the General Government; asking Congress to
distribute to the States the revenue raised
from the taxation Of dealers In liquors, tobacco
and cigars. Bills introduced: Codifying the
canal laws; regulating the width Of wagon.tires
In Hamilton County; providing that railroad
employees shall be examined - 70 their ability
TO distinguish signals instead Of all manner Of
colors; Prohibiting the killing Of quail until
1870.
COLUMBUS. Jan. 1s-ssxATH.-Not in ses-
sion.
HousE.-Mr. Deyo offered joint resolution
asking Congress 70 pass the bill providing for
properly marking certain bastlenelds Of the war
Of 1919, in the northwestern part Of this State.
Adopted. Mf. Williams, Of Coshocton, from Q
select committee, reported rules for the govern
ment Of the House. Postponed until Friday
next, and made the special order for II o'clock.
The following bills were passed: 10 provide
for township superintendency Of the common
schools and abolishing boards Of local directors;
requiring school teachers to be examined in
physiology; further regulating the manner Of
admission to county infirmaries; better provid-
ing for distributing assistance TO INDECENT SOL
diers; allowing girls 70 remain ct the Soldiers
Orphans Homo until eighteen years old.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 18.-SENATH.- Resolutions
offered and tabled: Asking Congress to restore
the wool tariff Of 1857; 10 expel reporter.
Bills introduced: To appoint Board Of State
School Examiners. A number of local bills
were passed and introduced.
HOUsB-Bills passed: Making appropriations
for the public schools; providing for Q chaplain,
Of the penitentiary; further restricting Sunday
theatricals; changing the manner Of rendering
assistance to INDECENT soldiers. Bills introduced:
Providing for an armory Of the o. N. G., In Gin
cinnati; preventing the issuing Of warrants ON
the State Treasury In certain cases; paying the
Hamilton County Board Of Equalization for ex-
ira services; requiring that Judgment on cog
novit shall be taken in the defendants condi-
tion; increasing the salsry of the Governor to
5000; preventing county Officers from furnish
ing supplies for county institutions; prescribing
the manner Of contesting the election Of Jus
tices Of the Peace; providing for the sale Of the
canal in Cincinnati and the construction of
belt railroad; requiring each stockholder Of OH
incorporated company to list his stock for tax
alton.
COLUMBUS, Jan. t.-SENATB.-Bills were In
troduced increasing the penalty for carrying
concealed weapons; providing for closing wells
to prevent the escape Of natural gas; enabling
foreign insurance companies to do business In
Ohio without making the special deposit.
resolution to investigate charges against re-
porter was amended 50 o. to provide for an in
vestigating committee. Adjourned to Tuesday.
HoUsE-Adtourned to p. M Tuesday with
out transacting any business.